60 Bible Verses about Suffering, Of The Innocent

You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and can not look upon vexation. Why do You look upon those who deal deceitfully? Will you be silent when the wicked swallows one more righteous than he?

Behold, I cry out, Violence! And I am not answered. I cry aloud, but there is no justice.

Since times are not hidden from the Almighty, why do those who know Him not see His days?

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah. Without my fault they run and prepare themselves; awaken to help me, and look on me.

An Instruction of Asaph. O God, have You cast us off forever? Will Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?

free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom You remember no more; and by Your hand they are cut off.

Remember, please, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the righteous cut off?

And His disciples asked Him, saying, Master, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither has this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God might be revealed in him.

Yet you say, The way of Jehovah is not fair. Hear now, O house of Israel: Is not My way fair? Are your ways not unfair?

And his wife said to him, Do you still hold to your integrity? Curse God and die! But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish ones speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

But He is in one mind, and who can turn Him? Yea, what His soul desires, He does it. For He fulfilled my lot, and many things like these are with Him. Therefore I am troubled at His presence; when I look, I am afraid of Him.

Shall a reprover contend with the Almighty? He who reproves God, let him answer it.

For I was jealous of the proud, when I saw the peace of the wicked.

Surely I have made my heart pure in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.

And he said, I came naked out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. Jehovah gave, and Jehovah has taken away. Blessed be the name of Jehovah.

And to man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom! And to depart from evil is understanding!

Yes, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

Behold, God is great, and we do not know; the number of His years cannot be searched out.

Teach us what we shall say to Him; for because of darkness we cannot arrange our case.

Behold, I am vile! What shall I answer You? I will lay my hand on my mouth.

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

And do not fear those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Far be it from You to act in this manner, to kill the righteous with the wicked. And far be it from You, that the righteous should be as the wicked. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Cast your burden on Jehovah, and He will keep you; He will never allow the righteous to waver. But You, O God, will bring them down into the pit of ruin; bloody and deceitful men shall not live half their days; but I will trust in You.

And it happened after many days the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.

When I am afraid I will trust in You. In God I will praise His Word; in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do to me.

But I will sing of Your power; yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning; for You have been my strong tower and hiding-place in the day of my trouble.

My soul, be silent only to God; for my hope is from Him.

Let them be ashamed and turned pale, those who seek after my soul; let them be turned backward and blush, those who desire my hurt.

Then they cried to Jehovah in their distress, and He delivered them out of their troubles.

If it is so that our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, then He will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods nor worship the golden image which you have set up.

Though the fig tree shall not blossom, and fruit is not on the vines; the labor of the olive fails, and the fields yield no food. The flock is cut off from the fold, and no herd is in the stalls; yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

who when He was reviled did not revile in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but gave Himself up to Him who judges righteously.

Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing, as to a faithful Creator.

casting all your anxiety onto Him, for He cares for you.

For He remembers them, the seekers of bloodshed; He forgets not the cry of the humble.

And God looked upon the sons of Israel, and God knew them.

For Jehovah had seen the affliction of Israel to be very bitter. And one was bound, and none was free, and there was no helper for Israel.

For Jehovah knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Behold, the eye of Jehovah is to those who fear Him, on those who hope in His mercy; to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

Behold, the hire of the laborers reaping your fields cry out, being kept back by you. And the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Jehovah tries the righteous; but His soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence,

But You, O Jehovah, shall laugh at them; You will mock at all the nations.

So prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the rivers and to the valleys, So says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and in My fury, because you have borne the shame of the nations. Therefore so says the Lord Jehovah: I have lifted up My hand; surely the nations around you shall bear their shame.

Woe to him who robs evil booty for his house, to set his nest on high, to be delivered from the hand of evil!

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Jehovah delivers him out of them all.

And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job when he prayed for his friends. Also Jehovah added to Job all that had been his, to double. And came to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had known him before. And they ate bread with him in his house, and consoled him and comforted him over all the evil that Jehovah had brought on him. Each one also gave him a piece of money, and each one a ring of gold. And Jehovah blessed the latter days of Job more than the beginning. For he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

They will not hunger any more, nor thirst any more, nor will the sun light on them, nor any heat.

And God will wipe away all tears from their eyes. And there will be no more death, nor mourning, nor crying out, nor will there be any more pain; for the first things passed away.

And I will come near you to judgment. And I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who extort from the hired laborer's wages, and turning away the widow, and the orphan, the alien, and not fearing Me, says Jehovah of Hosts.

And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. And I will stretch out My hand and smite Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in the midst of it. And after that he will let you go.

When I thought deeply in order to understand this, it was painful for me, until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end. Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down into ruin.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets together, while I escape.

So says Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus, yea for four, I will not turn away from it; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron.

Woe to the bloody city! It is a lie, and full of plunder; the prey is not withdrawn.

You are filled with shame instead of glory; drink also, and be seen as one uncircumcised! The cup of Jehovah's right hand shall turn on you, and disgrace shall be your glory.

Then He also shall say to those on the left hand, Depart from Me, you cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his angels. For I was hungry, and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty, and you gave Me no drink; I was a stranger and you did not take Me in; I was naked, and you did not clothe Me; I was sick, and in prison, and you did not visit me.read more.
Then they will also answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to You? Then He shall answer them, saying, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life.

For he who has shown no mercy shall have judgment without mercy, and mercy exults over judgment.

And if the righteous one is scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

Reward her as she has rewarded you, and double to her double, according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix double to her. As much as she has glorified herself and has lived in luxury, so much torment and sorrow give her. For she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and I am not a widow; and I do not see mourning at all.